The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
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... rich in the accumulated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achieve- ment to tread , as it were , in the ...
... rich in the accumulated treasures of age . Her very ruins told the history of times gone by , and every mouldering stone was a chronicle . I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achieve- ment to tread , as it were , in the ...
Page 7
... rich and wealthy lading . Hallo ! my fancie , whither wilt thou go ? OLD POEM . To an American visiting Europe , the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative . The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employ- ments ...
... rich and wealthy lading . Hallo ! my fancie , whither wilt thou go ? OLD POEM . To an American visiting Europe , the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative . The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employ- ments ...
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... rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the frowns of adversity : but a man like Roscoe is not to be overcome by the mutations of fortune ...
... rich men do . I considered him far above the reach of my pity . Those who live only for the world , and in the world , may be cast down by the frowns of adversity : but a man like Roscoe is not to be overcome by the mutations of fortune ...
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... rich you never knew the boundless treasures of ex- cellence you possessed in that woman . ” “ Oh ! but , my friend , if this first meeting at the cottage were over , I think I could then be comfortable . But this is her first day of ...
... rich you never knew the boundless treasures of ex- cellence you possessed in that woman . ” “ Oh ! but , my friend , if this first meeting at the cottage were over , I think I could then be comfortable . But this is her first day of ...
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... rich in that legendary lore , so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he chanced to find a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low - roofed farm - house under a spreading sycamore , he looked upon it as a little ...
... rich in that legendary lore , so invaluable to true history . Whenever , therefore , he chanced to find a genuine Dutch family , snugly shut up in its low - roofed farm - house under a spreading sycamore , he looked upon it as a little ...
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